Rosenwald Courts Apartments (Chicago public housing, historically)

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Rosenwald Courts Apartments is a historic Chicago residential complex built in the 1920s as a landmark philanthropic housing project for African American families, funded by businessman and Sears president Julius Rosenwald.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago Landmark
affordable housing project
apartment complex
historic residential complex
alsoKnownAs Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments
architecturalStyle U-shaped courtyard design
builtFor African American families
condition renovated
constructionStartDate 1928
country United States
designedAs philanthropic housing project
developer Julius Rosenwald
fundedBy Julius Rosenwald
hasArchitecturalType multi-family residential complex
hasCulturalAssociation Bronzeville arts and culture community
linked to: Bronzeville
hasFeature garden-style layout
interior courtyards
multiple residential buildings
hasNearbyStreet East 46th Street
South Michigan Avenue
hasNumberOfStories 5 (typical building height, approximate)
hasReconstruction 21st-century rehabilitation
hasTargetPopulation low- and moderate-income households
hasTenure rental housing
hasUse affordable housing
public housing (historically)
residential housing
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
historicalPeriod Great Migration era
inception 1920s
intendedFor working- and middle-class African American residents
locatedIn Bronzeville
Chicago
Illinois
United States
namedAfter Julius Rosenwald
neighborhood Bronzeville
ownedBy private developers (after rehabilitation)
partOf South Side of Chicago
linked to: South Side, Chicago
significantFor African American urban history
Chicago civil rights and cultural history
philanthropic housing innovation
significantProjectOf Julius Rosenwald Fund
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
state Illinois
streetAddress 4600 South Michigan Avenue

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Julius Rosenwald commemoratedBy Rosenwald Courts Apartments (Chicago public housing, historically)